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名詞

wolvess (複数形 wolvesses)

1. Rare form of wolfess.
   • 1939 April, The Purple Parrot, volume 18, page 29, column 1:

     Dear Public: About this time all the N.U. wolves and wolvesses are coming out of hibernation, rubbing their eyes, and deciding ’tis high time they got on the ball and began to live! So hold tight—

   • 1945 January, Span; Sports, Patter and News, volume 9, page 2, column 1:

     While they refuse to divulge when Mr. Panky will tie the knot, Frances and Gee Gee are really in a middle-aisle mood and will take that step toward a joint income tax report from now and so the wolvesses gave F. a party and the loot was too, too divine.

   • a. 1967, Lydgate’s Fall of Princes, page 541:

     She governed Macedonia like a wolvess.